Sámi languages
The Sámi languages are a branch of Uralic languages spoken by the Sámi people. They are spoken in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. They are Uralic languages like Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.
| Sámi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Russia |
| Region | Sápmi (Lapland) |
| Ethnicity | Sámi |
Native speakers | Approximately 20,000–30,000[source?] |
Uralic
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Sweden and some parts of Norway; recognized as a minority language in several municipalities of Finland. |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:sia – Akkalasjd – Kildinsjk – Kemisjt – Tersmn – Inarisms – Skoltsju – Umesje – Pitesme – Northernsmj – Lulesma – Southern |
 Historically verified distribution of the Sami languages: 1. Southern Sami, 2. Ume Sami, 3. Pite Sami, 4. Lule Sami, 5. Northern Sami, 6. Skolt Sami, 7. Inari Sami, 8. Kildin Sami, 9. Ter Sami. Darkened area represents municipalities that recognize Sami as an official language. | |
They are sometimes considered dialects of the same language, but people from different dialects mostly do not understand one another. They share many things with the Baltic-Finnic languages such as Finnish, Estonian and Karelian but are not closely related to any of them. Their grammars are similar that of Finnish, but their syntax has undergone influence from the Scandinavian languages.[1]
Some linguists have a theory that the Sámi languages have come from a Proto-Sámi language, which existed c. 500 BC.[2][3][4]
The Sámi languages include East Sámi.[5]
Western Sámi languages
changeEastern Sámi languages
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- Mainland
- Inari Sami (300)[11]
- Kemi Sami (extinct)
- Skolt Sami (420)[12]
- Akkala Sami (extinct)
- Kainuu Sami (extinct)
- Peninsular
- Kildin Sami (500)[13]
- Ter Sami (2[14]–10[15])
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sami-language#ref28791 Accessed 2017-08-25
- ↑ https://www.sagat.no/debatt/hva-er-samenes-eldre-historie/19.43546. Retrieved 2024-03-26
- ↑ https://www.academia.edu/114870366/Comment_on_the_article_Archaeology_Language_and_the_Question_of_S%C3%A1mi_Ethnogenesis?%20email_work_card=view-paper. Retrieved 2024-03-26
- ↑ https://www.academia.edu/105674225/Archaeology_Language_and_the_Question_of_S%C3%A1mi_Ethnogenesis?%20email_work_card=reading-history%3Cbr/%3E. Retrieved 2024-03-26
- ↑ "East Sami language". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ↑ "Saami, South". Ethnologue.
- ↑ "Saami, Ume". Ethnologue.
- ↑ "Saami, Pite". Ethnologue.
- ↑ "Saami, Lule". Ethnologue.
- ↑ "Saami, North". Ethnologue.
- ↑ "Saami, Inari". Ethnologue.
- ↑ "Saami, Skolt". Ethnologue.
- ↑ "Saami, Kildin". Ethnologue.
- ↑ Karpova, Lisa (18 February 2010). "The 5 Smallest Languages of the World". PravdaReport. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ "Saami, Ter". Ethnologue.
